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People that claim to hate small talk should be forced to listen to themselves talk.
Counterpoint: people that claim to enjoy small talk should be forced to listen to themselves talk.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say that they enjoy small talk. It’s just the small talk haters trying to claim that they only talk about important topics while everyone else is stupid and boring.
From my experience, boring people are bored and they need someone else to entertain them. A conversation requires two or more people. Nobody is going around telling them to stop talking about interesting topics.
So... silence, then?
I’m feeling happier already.